Epimetheus and the birth of Pandora, Athenian red-figure krater C5th B.C., Ashmolean Museum. EPIMETHEUS was the Titan god of afterthought and excuses. He and his brother Prometheus were given the task of populating the earth with animals and men. However, Epimetheus quickly exhausted the supply of gifts allotted for the task in the equipment of animals, leaving Prometheus' masterpiece, mankind, completely helpless.
1. Being a Landlord Is Not a 9 to 5 Job. The daily life of a landlord is much more impromptu than structured. It is not the type of life where you get to work at 9:00 a.m, go to lunch at noon and leave at 5:00 p.m. One day you may have one hour of work to do while the next you may have fifteen hours of work.
Recognize that being a landlord is a business. Being a landlord is different than being a private homeowner. Itâs a business and you need to treat it like one. Where I see a lot of people make mistakes is, they donât have a good business plan, Roberts says.This type of investment is not hands-off.f all the costs associated with being a landlord, the biggest one is vacancy, Roberts says. Every time a tenant moves out, youâre going to spend money, probably quite a bit of it.. That means finding and keeping good tenants is the heart of successfully investing long-term in real estate.